The Sun. — London, England, 1838-12-01 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCE, Nor. 30. The Court was occupied till a late hour with argu ments on special cases, none of which possessed the least degree of public interest. PREROGATIVE COURT.—Nov. 30. Dr. Daubeney disposed of some general business in the absence of the Learned Judge, who was engaged in the early part of the day in the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, and who arrived in Court at a little be fore twelve. IN THE GOODS OP MR. THOMAS NEWMAN. This is one of the cases now of such frequent occur rence, in which wills have been executed contrary to the provisions of the new Act of Victoria, and have conse quently been declared invalid. The deceased in the pre sen tinstance, a Mr. Thomas Newman, having previously made several wills and codicils, executed the one in question on the I Ith of September of the present year (the day of his death), in the presence of two attesting witnesses, who did not, as the 9th section of the Act demands, affix their signatures in the presence of the testator, but retired into another room for that purpose, and there, in the presence of each other, signed their names. The COURT could not, under such circumstances, grant its probate to the paper. SHAFT V. MAUT. The deceased in this case is Mr. William Groom, who died in January of the present year, possessed of property to the amount of 1,4001. or 1,5001. He made a will in March, 1812, which is opposed, on the ground of testa mentary incapacity. In March, 1813, being of unsound mind, he was sent to a lunatic asylum, where he continued until the time of his death. Allegations having been ad mitted on either side, a responsive allegation was this day offered on behalf of the parties setting up the will, in which it is pleaded that at all times previous to the execu tion of the will, and for a considerable time after, the de ceased was of sound mind ; that be carried on conversa tion, and performed various acts requiring judgment in a rational manner—that he had acted as executor and as trustee under several deeds, and that the will was entitled to probate, a :the instrument of a capable testator. It denied, also, the imbecility and the principal facts in proof of it, pleaded in the adverse allegation. Dr. ADDAMS opposed the allegation, on the ground that fresh matter was introduced into it which, as it purported to be merely responsive, must render it inadmissible. Her Majesty's ADVOCATE supported its admissibility. The COURT directed it to be resumed. WINTLE V. WINTLE. The arguments in this case were resumed. Dr. AD DAMS concluded in support of the will, and Dr, PHILLI MORE contra, was heard at some length, but had not con cluded when the Court rose. SHERIFFS' COURT, INor. 29. SANDAL V. CHARLES. CONFLICTING EVIDENCE.—This WaS an action brought by the defendant, an undertaker, to recover the sum of 51. 4s. of the defendant, Mrs. Charles, for burying a person of the name of Burroughs. Mr. RoBINSoN stated the case. The brother of the person buried applied to the plaintiff to perform the funeral ; the plaintiff declined, and Mrs. Charles, the de fendant became security for the burial, which took place in due order. The plea on the part of the defendant was that she was not indebted. W• •••••• Henry Vere examined—l have been foreman to the plaintiff twenty-one years. I received orders from Mrs. Charles for the funeral of Mr. Burroughs. The funeral was performed as desired. I have called on Mrs. Charles three or four times for the debt. She told me that she had not the money to pay it with, but that she expected some money for a bill, and that upon receiving it she would pay the debt. He was cross-examined. John Fox, a collector, swore that be had called upon Mrs. Charles 40 times ; that he had seen her upon several occasions, and that she promised to pay the money. He bad never asked for Mr. Burroughs. For the defence, Mr. Thomas Burroughs, the brother of the person buried by the plaintiff, was called. He swore positively that he gave the order for the burial of his brother to the plaintiff in person, and that he never went with the witness Vere to Mrs. Charles's ; after the burial he saw the plaintiff, who asked him for the money. He hat: offered to pay the debt and costs to the plaintiff's attorney, who refused to accept the money. Martha Charles, daughter of the defendant examined— The witness Vere called several times at my mother's. He always asked for Mr. Burroughs. He never asked for my mother. The witness Fox called several times and asked for Mr. Burroughs. The Learned UNDER-SHERRIFF summed up, and the jury, after a short consultation, found a verdict for the plaintiff. SECONDARIES' OFFICE, Nov. 30. POWELL V. KETTLE. This was an action for assault and false imprisonment. Mr. C. JONES, in stating the case, said the plaintiff was a cattle-dealer, residing at Mitcham, and the defendant a most respectable dealer in horses, at Croydon. Both of them had for years past frequently attended Croydon market, where they were well known. On the 25th of August last (market-day) defendant spoke to plaintiff in the High -street, used opprobrious language towards him. and charged plaintiff with having robbed him of 2s. After having done this, he called one of the constables of the town, and charged him to take plaintiff into custody for the alleged felony. The constable urged upon the defendant the propriety of obtaining a warrant from the Magis trates ; the defendant would not attend to such advice, and plaintiff was accordingly taken before Mr. Suther land, the Magistrate, a crowd following the parties through the town. The charge was gone into, and it appeared that, on the 18th of August, plaintiff and de fendant made a bet with each other, and placed 10s, in the lands of a stake-holder. A dispute arose, the stake-holder threw the money down, and the plaintiff, having secured 7s. of the sum, said he should keep it, as defendant had betted he could prove certain charges against him, and he should wait and see if be was able to do so, and that if he could not, which be (defendant) knew he could not, \would lose his bet. The Magistrate, at once, dismissed the case. It wds for the injury that the plaintiff had suf. fee:ltl through this proceeding that the present action was brougt. Mr. Lewis, the constable, of Croydon, deposed to the facts as stated by Mr. Jones. Mr. SHEA addressed the Jury for the defence. his Learned Friend, much to his (Mr. Shea's) surprise, ha,l not attempted to prove the abusive language which he Mated had been proved before the Magistrate. No special damage had been suffered by defendant, otherwise he would have proved it. Both parties were well known in Croydon, and the charge was, therefoee, not likely to ha iejurious to the plaintiff. It was admitted that the plain tiff had taken is., and it did not appear that the 2s. had been returned. The SECONDARY summed up, a i d the Jury found for the plaintiff—Damages 101. plaintiff—" Gentlemen, I am very tanal obliged to you; I 4m very much injured."—(Loud laughter.; 4CRIMINAL COURT.-(YESTERDAY.) 'THE LATE MURDER AT SHADWELL.—In this case' which was not concluded at the time of our going to press yesterday, the Jury returned the following verdict -Robertson, Guilty of Manslaughter ; Collins, Guilty ; and at the same time recommended them to mercy. The Court sentenced Robertson to twelve months' im prisonment, and Collins to seven years' transportation. POST-OFFICE i onezny,—James Hart, a letter-carrier, whose case recently appeared in our police reports, retracted his plea of " Not Guiliy," and pleaded " Guilty" to steal ing a letter, the property of the Postmaster-General, the rost-office having abandoned the more zerious charge of embezzlement. He was sentenced to two years' imprison ment. F OR GERY.—Robert Alexander, a genteel looking lad, was indicted for forging an order for the payment of the sum of 301., with intent to defraud William Henry Shrub: sole. The prisoner was also charged with feloniously ut tering the order in question. It appeared from the statement of the prosecutor, :yho is a tavern -keeper, residing in Princes-street, Cavendish square, that the prisoner lodged at his house for some days, and on the 10th of November the prisoner produced a check for the above amount, which witness took, giving for it money and goods. The cheque was aft e r wards paid into the branch of the London and Westminster Bank. I t was, however, afterwards returned to him. The cheque was here produced, and purported to b e drawn by Messrs. Alexander and Co., of Leadenhall-street A clerk in the London and Westminster Bank proved that the signature to the cheque was a forgery. The wit ness in reply to the Court said that the prisoner was, the son of one of the firm of Messrs. Alexander and Co. Mr. Robert Alexander , the father of the prisoner, and one of the firm of Alexander a nd Co„ merchants, Leaden ball-street, deposed that the cheque produced wa s not in the hand-writing of either himself or any of his partners. It was a studied imitation, and he could not say that it was the hand -writing of his son, the prisoner. He never authorised the prisoner to sign any cheques. He did not know where his son was until he was apprehended upon this charge. The police officer who took the prisoner into custody de vosed that the prisoner admitted that he took some blank 46ecks out of the counting-house when he left his home, ~ly one of which he filled up. The Learned JUDGE having summed up the evidence, The Jury returned a verdict of Guilty of uttering the heck, well knowing it to be forged. They, however, re- Ammended the prisoner to mercy on account of his youth. The Court sentenced the prisoner to two ye ' imp ri sonment. .. DISCHARGE OP THE GRAND JURY.—Shortly after wards the Grand Jury brought in the remaining bills, an: announced that their labours were concluded. Mr. Deputy Corney, the foreman of the Grand Jury, said he was instructed by them to express their sense of the services of Mr. Clarke, the clerk ci arraigns, who by his advice and assistance lessened materially the labours of the Grand Jury. He was also instructed to advert to the in convenience which witnesses attending on the Grand Jury were liable to from want of proper accommodation, and he expressed a hope that the Corporation would take some steps to remedy the evil. He was further instructed to express the high sense which the Grand Jury entertained of the services of the Metropolitan Police, not only in de tecting but in preventing crime. The Learned RECORDER, after complimenting the Grand Jury, expressed his assurance that the Corporation would attend to the suggestion of the Grand Jury in respect to the inconvenience which witnesses attending upon them laboured under. He was also glad to find that the Grand Jury felt it to be their duty to compliment the Metropoli tan Police, which he considered to be a most efficient body, and he hoped that the Corporation of London, in the new police force which they were about to form, would as similate it as much as possible to the Metropolitan Police. He begged again to thank the Grand Jury for their sercices. The Grand Jury then retired. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. WORSHIP-STREET. Yesterday John Thompson, the master of one of the Messrs. Pickford's passage-boats, was brought up for re examination, charged with having committed several rob beries of property entrusted to his care. He was remanded for a week. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDA Y, DECEMBER 1, 1838 UNION-HALL. DESTITUTE POOR.—Within the last few days several young persons, male and female, in a most destitute con dition, have been brought up to this office by the police of the division, who found some of them begging in the streets, and others wandering about without the means of procuring subsistence. One young female, who had scarcely suffi cient clothing to cover her, was seen in the parish of New ington begging, and having refused to tell the policeman where she belonged to, he brought her before the Magis trates. The MAGISTRATE said that instead of committing her to gaol he should send her over to Clerkenwell, with a re quest that she might be either relieved or taken into the house. The girl appeared reluctant to go to Clerkenwell, and it was evident that of the two she preferred being com mitted to prison. _ In the course of the above proceeding it was stated that the police had received instructions from their superiors to clear the streets of beggars, and take them into custody. Mr. SWABY said that he thought it would be more ad visable for the police to take the poor creatures at once to the parishes to which they belonged, and get the overseers to relieve them, than to bring them to the police offices to be dealt with as offenders under the Vagrant Act. It was stated that many of the miserable creatures about the streets were far distant from their homes, and that it was found necessary to take them to the station-houses. The Commissioners of Police had given their inspectors a discretionary power either to take those they found in the streets to the police offices or to the guardians of the poor. THE COAL TRADE. MANSION-HOUSE.—Yesterday Mr. Bradfield waited upon the Lord Mayor for the purpose, in the first place, of returning thanks to his Lordship for the assistance ren dered by his Lordship in the exposure of the system by which abuses in the coal trade are carried on, to the great injury of the consumer, and the great advantage of those parties who were coLcerned and interested in raising the price of the commodity; arid in the next place to inform his Lord ship of the effect produced upon the Coal and Corn Commit tee by the representations which had been made, and of the wholesome orders issued by that Committee The LORD MAYOR— If any good has resulted from our fre quent interviews on a subject of such vital importance to the community, lam extremely glad to hear it. To you, no doubt, the credit of great industry is due. Mr. Bradfield—ln consequence of a summons which I re ceived, I attended before the Coal and Corn Committee on Wednesday last, that being the day appointed for tie con sideration of my petition, praying that more weighers should be appointed, and that the by-laws passed by the Navigation Committee in 1833, by which an increased number of colliers should be placed amongst the tiers in the river for discharge, might be enforced. I must state to your Lordship, as a pre liminary, that the fee of 11. 3s. 6d. was demanded of me as a petitioner. But although I before have paid it, I would not submit to the exaction on the present occasion. The LORD MAYOR-Whatl a petitioner for an object of such vast public utility called upon to pay a fee of 11. 3s. 6d. ! It is monstrous. His Lordship was informed that the officer who demanded the fee had paid a large sum for his situation, and that the fees of the office were regularly fixed by the Corporation. The LORD MAYOR—Admitted that such is the fact, the demand of a fee in such matters is most scandalous. Mr. Bradfield—l have the great satisfaction to inform your Lordship that, according to my suggestion, the Coal and Corn Committee appointed ten more weighers on Tuesday last, and that an additional number of colliers have been placed in the tiers in the Pool, so that the supply to the public will be considerably facilitated. It is said, however, that the changes were made quite independently of my application. Your Lordship's concern for the poor has done a great deal; and I wish you would send your recommendation for the ap pointment of ten more weighers, and for the admission of fif teen more ships into the tiers, for the purpose of effectually carrying out the regulations of the Navigation Committee in 1833, by which it was determined that 180 colliers should be in the tiers in the Pool at the same time. My Lord, it was supposed that the Coal and Corn Committee would have made their report on my petition in the Court of Common Council on Thursday last, but I was there all day, and no report was made. I must watch that no trick is played by them. The LORD MAYOR—I really must not allow you to attack the gentlemen who constitute that Committee, and whom I know to be men of integrity and honour. Mr. Bradfield—lt was in the Mayoralty of Alderman Gar rett the trick was played. The Committee were guilty of the grossest neglect of duty by delaying the report from time to time, and doing all they could to stifle the matter of com plaint. I must watch the next report, for the public are all interested in it. A reduction has taken place in the price of coals since the alterations were made, but what would the price of the commodity have been by this time if your Lordship had not assisted so powerfully by your condemnation of the prac tices which were so well known to exist in the trade? At the time I allude to, in Alderman Garrett's mayoralty, I com plained of the use of false certificates, by which the worst coals were substituted for the best. I regret to say that Rus sell Wall's Ends, which were by far the best coals that could be got, are now extinct. The LORD MAYOR—WeII, Mr. Bradfield, I have ordered in 70 tons of coals this week, and I told those to whom I gave the order to take care of you. . I can only say , t h at if you happen to be in the neighbourhood at the time they come you are very welcome to look after them.—(Laughter. ) Mr. Bradfield—l am extremely obliged to your Lordship for your courtesy to me, as well as for the willingness with which you attended to the details I have entered into from time to time, arnl I have no doubt that that your Lordship will re ceive the warmest thanks of the community, for what 3 ou have done and caused to be done. MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS (FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY.) TIMES.—An application has been lately made to the Board of Trade by parties interested in the coffee trade, with reference to certain modifications of duty on that commodity, which deserves to be more generally made known. It is stated therein, that the " quantity of coffee grown in the British possessions, and that im ported from British ports, or places within the limits of the East India Company's Charter," is not " equal to the demand for the home consumption." Assuming this to be correct, it remains to be considered how the deficiency may be supplied without detriment to the revenue or to the interests of the consumer, still keep ing in view the protection enjoyed and demanded in favour of goffee of British colonial growth. This is proposed to be done by the trade by a reduction of duties both on the article grown in and direct from a British possession and on that imported (rim a British port in a British ship. The duty on Coffee from the West and East Indies is now ficl. per toimd, which, it is suggetted, should be lowered to aid. per lb. The ditty on coffee brought from pritish ports, or places within the limits of the East India Company's Charter, at present rated at Od,, it is pr o posed to reduce to 7d. per lb. By this plan the pro tecting duty would be increased from 235. to 325. Bd. per cwt., for the " benefit of the growers of coffee in the B r iti s h p ossess i ons . and extending the advantages a the British merchant." From the increase of congunVtion it is fairly eoptended that the revenue would suffer no loss, proof of which might readily be adduced with respect to other kinds of merchandise, which reduction of duties has tended most materially to increase the cousumption, and more especially where, as in the case of coffee, the relief was upon that description of commodity meet generally in use an the people at large. As a uttens of greater security, as well as profit to the re venue, it is further urged th a t th e sale of chicory should be prohi bited by thos e w h o are i, li cense d to d eal i it co ff ee, " from wh i ch an actual "augmentation" in the produce of the coffee duty might, it is asse r t e d, b e the result. These propositions are altogether, perhaps most, recQsn Public, an therefore for the consumers, Tended by the relief which may be anticipated interests, although constituting the body by fiscal questions like °re by of the far the largest class of those affected w4e.thethe present, are rarely consulted, or indeed I : m grievance chances to press also upon soms e uc m h or tn e powerful , bat extensive, interest above them. at all, excepting ef riZilfficautties on the i b im et al a trading l .t ygould materially facilitate the with Brazil, Cuba, and the Spanish rn , an m ur u ae st t serve channel of malting returns , and therefore more 3 op ia e i r n a , ti vr on h s e : expellsi" , for British to some extent Although the export traffic with these countries and merchandise. has been mostly on the advance fora long time, to contract the demand and the tariffss expected, it is su • favourable as can be . fficientl generally are as Y clear that such in crease of demand and consumption has not been equal to what n expected from the wants of liter • might have been easing and pros perous to what ld populations, and wonlave been th e l perous populaevent been presented for the had a more equitable opening raw p ro d ucts, much in The Funds remain ls were a shade worse for the opening, for which they 1 ~,1 c-os 94 sellers, and for Money 934 to 4. Bank Stock was 2024 to 3; India Stock 261 to 2 ; Exchequer Bills 645. to 665. ; India Bonds 61s. to 635. premium. CHRONICLE.—Money has again been in demand to-day, and to a considerable extent, especially for the manufacturing districts, where we are glad to learn business generally is getting more brisk. This led to a good deal of business in Consols, and various fluctua tions occurred, but the closing quotations were the same as yester day, namely, 93% to 3 / 4 for Money, and 93% to 94 for the Ac count. The price for Money was marked during the day as low as 93 1 / 2 , while the lowest price at which they were done for the Ac count was 9374, showing clearly the desire which existed of dis posing of stock for immediate payment. Exchequer . Bills are ls. higher ; the last price bei ng 64 5 . to 66 5 . prem . India Stock has receded 1/., and left off at 261 1 4 to 262 1 / 2 . Bank Sfock continues at 20214 to 203. Foreign Securities were all particularly heavy, in consequence of the state of the English Stock Market, and some of them suffered a co ns id era bl e d epress i on as compared with the price and the limited b us i ness t ransacte d i n th em . Brazilian Stock, however, was also influenced by the tenour of the advices received from Rio de Janeiro, which are considered unsatisfactory as far as the finances of the country are concerned. Shares continue without any business of moment. The rates of exchange were heavy to-day. There was a good demand for bills on the Continent, but there were but few to be procured. The rate on Paris, three months, is 25f. 62ic. to 25f. 65c., and short, 25f. 40c. to 25f. 421 c. ; Hamburgh, 13f. 10c. : Vienna, 10f. Bc. ; Trieste, 291. ; and Leghorn, 40f. The Cotton Ma r k e t a t Li verpoo l was a gain very active yester day, at an advance of nearly id. per lb. The speculators appear to have no doubt that the material will very fully maintain the pre sent advances, as amongst their reasons for supposing that the sup plies will continue deficient is, that the accounts from the United States represent the planting of wheat and Indian corn as going forward to an extraordinary extent, in consequence of the hi g h prices which pre va il i n E uro p e , and which it is believed will also continue to prevail for a very long time ; consequently the plant ing of cotton must be discontinued, and the crop be deficient in a very extensive degree in the course of the ensuing year. The rise in cotton yesterday in Liverpool has occurred, it must be born e i n mind, in the face o f the total suspension of the Continental trade, the exports of yarn, &c., having ceased for the season. A vessel has arrived at Hull, which had to be cut out of the ice at Amsterdam only a few days since, which shows that the winter has set in rigidly. file letter of Sir Thomas Lethbridge ou the question of the Corn-laws has been the subject of much conversation at the Corn Exchange. Universal praise has been bestowed not only at Mark lane but in the city generally on this sensible and admirably-timed appeal from a gentleman of so much influence amongst the land holders themselves, nor has anything appeared on the subject throughout all the present discussions which seems to be considered as so powerful a blow to the Corn-laws, or which could more for ward the grand national interests which are so involved in their repeal. The fixed duty of Bs. or 10s. which Sir Thomas Leth bridge proposes, in place of the present fluctuating scale, the corn factors appear to acquiesce in as perfectly moderate and fair, for there would be nothing in this rate of duty to prevent the steady cultivation of corn in Poland and Germany for the English market : and yet a difference of ten shillings per quarter, in addition to the charges of carrying the corn to England, would be an abundant protection to the better description of corn-growing soils in England; whilst the inferior soils would be more used for pasture, and the production of vegetables, which would be doubly required for an increasing and more prosperous manufacturing population through the markets which would be opened by the free trade in corn. That this or some other decisive movement in this all-important subject must be made by the Ad ministration in the ensuing Session of Parliament is now consi dered inevitable, for the letters from Manchester, Birmingham, Sheffield, and Leeds are daily filled with observations on the alarming prices of the necessaries of life amongst a population already in a state of the greatest agitation on other political grounds ; and indeed some of the writers appear to con sider this as the subject on which the grand trial of the Melbourne Administration must be expected to turn, since the continuance of the opposition to a free trade in 'corn will leave them without the support of a considerable number of the members for the manufacturing counties, and the whole of the members of the manufacturing towns. In the city it is very generally thought that the Ministry are slumbering on this subject, and to be not sufficiently aware of the tide which is setting in against the Corn-laws ; but, undoubtedly, the well-expressed opinions of Sir Thomas Lethbridge will now be of considerable weight. Some persons remark also upon the circumstance that as the ports will now be again opened to the free admission of foreign corn in two, or at the utmost, three weeks from the present time, this, as occurring before th e c l os i ng of the navigation, and thus allowing of the importation of any corn which can be pro cured, will be a clear and unanswe ra bl e proo f of the deficiency of the foreign supplies. In the interim we regret that everything looks daily more gloomy for the population during the winter months, for the crop of potatoes, which, according to Sir Thomas Lethbridge and others, is a deficient one, is about to be still further diminished by very heavy orders which arrive by every packet from New York for the United States, where the whole crop is described as having failed, in consequence of the drought. A still more con siderable rise in the price of grain is fully anticipated by all the ex tensive factors at Mark-lane, and every thing tends to render para mount over all other subjects that of the anticipated changes in the trade in foreign corn: There has been a further rise to-day in Mark-lane. HERALD.—The demand for money has not at all abated ; in fact the increased pressure has caused higher rates of discount upon bills and interest upon stock to be submitted to than we could sub stantiate yesterday. In the former instance in many cases sto 6 per cent. have freely been given, and in the latter 5 per cent. and upwards. The determination of the Bank of England to grant loans at ai per cent., will perhaps shortly influence the market va lue of money. At any rate it is evident that the Bank direction have been brought to this decision as much by the late competition of the private and joint-stock banks, which affected their business and profits, as by the necessity for that determination in order to effect a counterpoise in the money market. PO ST.—Some surprise has been expressed by parties in and about the Stock Exchange, that the Bank notice which appeared yesterday, as it is one of a much more comprehensive character than those that have heretofore been issued of late, should not have produced a greater effect upon the Money Market, as also upon the value of the public funds and of joint-stock property ; but the fact is, the inten tion of the Bank Directors to make the alteration they have made was pretty well-known to every body, and as generally acted upon, or, technically speaking, " discounted" several days since. No es sential change, either for the better or for the worse, was therefore to have been expected by any reasonable and intelligent person. FROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE. BY THE QUEEN-A PROCLAMATION. VICTORIA, R. WHEREAS our Parliament stands prorogued to Tuesday the fourth day of December next, we, with the advice of our Privy Council, do hereby publish and declare, that the said Parliament shall be further prorogued, on the said fourth day of December next, to Tuesday the fifth day of February next ; and we have given order to our Chan cellor of that part of our United Kingdom called Great Britain, to prepare a Commission for proroguing the same accord• ingly ; and we do further hereby, with the advice aforesaid, declare our royal will and pleasure, that the said Parliament shall, on the said Tuesday the fifth day of February next, assemble and be holden for the dispatch of divers urgent and important affairs: and the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and the Knights, Citizens, and Burgesses, and the Commissioners for Shires and Burghs of the House of Commons, are hereby required and com manded to give their attendance accordingly, at Westminster, on the said Tuesday the fifth day of February next, one thousand eight Hundred and thirty-nine. Given at our Court at Buckingham Palace, this twenty-ninth (lay of November, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-eight, and in the second year of our reign. GOD SAVE THE QUEEN. WAR-OFFICE, Nov. 30, 1838. 34th Regiment of Foot—Lieut. C. B. Roche, from the 45th Regiment of Foot, to be Paymaster, vice G. Ledingham, who re tires upon half-pay, Nov. 30. 42d Foot— F. Campbell, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice M'l)onald, who retires, Nov. 30. 48th Foot—Brevet ANT. P. J. Willats to be Major, without purchase, vice Reed, deceased, Nov. 4 ; Lieut 11. Alountsteven to be Captain, without purchase, vice Willats ; Ensign C. F. Henry to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Mountsteven ; Serjeant- Major A. Corcoran to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Henry, Nov. 30. 63d Foot—Lieut. E. S. T. Swyny to be Adjutant, vice Jones, retired, Nov. 30. 70th Foot—O. Pilling, Gent„ to be Ensign, without purchase, vice May, deceased, Nov. 30. 87th Foot—Lieutenant R. S. O'Brien to be Adjutant, vice Middlemore, who resigns the Adjutancy only, Nov. 30. Rifle Brigade—Lieutenant G. K. Carr to be Adjutant, vice Viscount Jocelyn, who resigns the Adjutancy only, Nov. 30. Royal African Colonial Corps—Ensign W. Snowe to be Lieu tenant, without purchase, vice Machperson, deceased, Aug. 27 ; 0. L. Wood, Gentleman, to be Ensign without purchase, vice Snowe, Nov. 30. UNATTACHED—LieUt. A. Matson, from the 22,1 Regiment of Foot, to be Captain, without purchase, Nov. 30. HOSPITAL STAFF.—W. St. J. Boyle, M.D. to be Assistant- Surgeon, vice Thompson, appointed to the 17th Regiment of Foot Nov. 30. DECLARATION OF INSOLVENCY. GEORGE GRAY, livery.stable-keeper, Brunswick-street, St amford.street, Blackfriars-road. BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. GEORGE HALL, bank N e se r Kile A ßr l ,u an pT c T h o e ts. Tottenham-green, R -green, Middlesex, PETER YOULE, book to surrender Dec. 3, at twelv e , an d J an. 1 1, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Clark, St. Swithin's-lane, official ass e i e gne l e 7 ; Tucker, Bank chambers, Lothbury. ROBERT EDWARDS, timber-d ea l er , Liverpool, p and Jan- 11, at one, at the Clarendon Rooms, Liverpool. Carson Liverpool ; Taylor, Sharpe , Field , and Jackson, Bedford-row,, Loudon. MAS CLAXTON, tailor, Norwich, Dec. 10G,raenedn,Jaonfficliall assignee, H 0 at eleven. at. the Bowling-green Inn , Norwich. Daveney, Nor wich ; Forster, Lawrence Pountney-place, Lond on. JOHN REDDALL, carpenter, Bunhill-row, De c . 1 3, and Jan. at t k eleven,erro aAldermanbury t r th ; e F C os o t u e r r t an o d f L B y a o n n k , r Bankruptcy. s ..treet-hill JEAN FRANCOIS ISIDORE CAPLIN, milliner, Great Portland-street, Marylebone, Dec. 7, at twelve, and Jan. 11, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Lackington, official assignee, Ironmonger-lane; Bailey, Shaw , and Smi th , Berners-street,-Ox ford-street. JOHN BROWN, merchant, Sheffield, Dec. 14, and Jan. 11, at the Town .hall, Sheffield. Tattershall, Great James-street, Bed ford-row, London ; Mole and Marples, Sheffield. JERVIS FORRESTER, maltster, Caverswell, Staffordshire, Dec. 14, and Jan. 11, at twelve, at the Swan Inn, Hanley, Jen ings, Bolton, and Jenings, Temple, London ; Redfern, Leek. JOHN KNOWLES, counterpane manufacturer, Bolton-le- Moors, Lancashire, Dec. 13, and Jan. 11, at eleven, at the Swan Inn, Bolton-le-Moors. Johnson, Son , and Weatherall, Templ e , London ; Pendlebury and Maychell, Bolton. MATTHEW SEYMOUR lONN, coal•merchatit, Surrey, Dec. 11, and Jan. 11, at eleyen, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Turquand, Copthall-buildings, official assignee; Fleming, Trinity square, Southwark. THOMAS BELL CARRUTHERS, cheesemonger, Dowgate hill, London, Dec. 13, and Jan. 11, at one, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Green, Aldermanbury, official assignee; Hill, Copthall court. HENRY DAVID GREEN TRUSCOTT, otherwise HENRY TRUSCOTT, upholsterer, York-road, Lambeth , Dec. 13, and Jan. 11, at twelve ' at the ourt of Bankruptcy. Gibson, Basing hall-street, official assignee ; Cates, Robert-street, Adelphi. DIVIDENDS. At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. D. M'Nicol, merchant, Liverpool, Dec. 21, at one—R. Janes, poulterer, Wigmore-street, Cavendish-square, Dec. 21, at 11—F. Sherwood, builder, Cornwall-road, Lambeth, Dec. 21, at half-past 11 —L. Audemars, watch-case manufacturer, Dean-street, W es t minster; Dec. 21, at half-past twelve—C. Pearson, manufacturing chemist, Greenwich, Dec. 21, at half-past one—A. Dunn, chemical manu facturer, George's-row, City-road, Dec. 28, at twelve—J. Hamil ton, wholesale ironmonger, Broadway, Westminster, Dec. 22, at half-past twelve—S. Charlesworth, grocer, Shoreditch, Dec. 22, at twelve—D. Clark, merchant, Broad-street-buildings, Dec. 22, at eleven—W. Charleton, white lead manufacturer, Berners-street, Commercial-road, East, Dec. 22, at half-past one—G. and A. Re mington, cabinet makers, Oxford-street, Dec. 21, at twelve. In the Country. W. Welch, victualler, Birmingham, Dec. 21, at twelve, at the Royal Hotel, Birmingham—T. Griffiths, banker, Bolton-en-le- Moors, Dec. 28, at twelve, at the Commercial Inn, Bolton-en-le- Moors—S. Alcock, hat manufacturer, Birmingham, Dec. 22, at twelve, at Dee's Royal Hotel, Birmingham—R. S. Irish, wine merchant, Worcester, Dec. 20, at twelve, at the Bell Inn, Worces ter—J. Lomax, paper manufacturer, Stockport, Dec. 21, at eleven, at the Commissioners' Rooms, Manchester—G. Tonks, sen., S. Tonks, and G. Tonks, jun., lamp manufacturers, Bordesley, War. wickshire, Dec. 22, at eleven, at the Hen and Chickens Hotel, Bir mingham—J. Beard and J. B. Herbert, timber dealers, Glouces ter, Dec. 29, at one, at the office of Mr. Washbourn, Gloucester— G. Blenkin and W. Shackleton, merchants, Kingston-upon-Hull, Dec. 22, at eleven, at the George Inn, Kingston-upon-Hull—C. Beasley, draper, Birmingham, Dec. 21, at one, at Dee's Royal Hotel, Birmingham—J. Miller, nurseryman, Bristol, Dec. 28, at two, at the Commercial Rooms, Bristol—G. Sharland, wine mer chant, Exeter, Jan. 16, at twelve, at the New London Inn, Exeter. CERTIFICATES.—DEc. 21. J. B. North, wine merchant, Taunton,Serneisetshire—J. W. Timmins, nail factor; West Bromwich, Staffordshire--H. H. Cooper, retailer of beer, West Bromwich, Staffordshire—T. Teu ton, jun., music seller, Great Yarmouth—R. Biddle, rope manufac turer, Longfleet, Dorsetshire—W. Thompson, cattle jobber, Bras sington, Derbyshire—G. Clarkson, victualler, Sheerness—E. L. Aarons, oil merchant, St. James's-place, Aldgate, City—W. Ma thews, grocer, Kingsland. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. P. and W. Trumble, painters, Huddersfield, Yorkshire—H. 01lard and J. Hodson, grocers, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire—J. W. and J. Hunt, card makers, Piccadilly—W. and J. Johnson, saddlers, Croydon—T. S. Reed and W. H. L. Coran, ship stores dealers, Liverpool—.T. 0. Clements and J. Kerr, potato salesmen, Hay's Wharf, Tooley-street--W. Mason and W. James, cabinet makers, Sloatie-street, Chelsea—P. J. Quesnee and B. Adlington, tailors, Frith-street, Soho—J. Sloane and J. Whitty, hatters, Liverpool— M. Quier and W. W. Hughes, stationers, Bridgewater, Somerset shire—J. and W. Hands, butchers, Corley, Warwickshire—W. North and W. Carss, victuallers, High-street, Shoreditch—J. Spooner and J. White, cheesemongers, Aldersgate-street, City— W. Crondace and E. Smith, brokers, Sunderland—H. Miller and J. Whitehead, bobbin turners, St. Helena, Cheshire—A. Rose and R. C. Cream, surgeons, Ramsgate. LONDON MARKETS (From the London New Price Current of this Evening.) SUGAR.—We have still to report an improving market for West India Muscovadoes ; from the grocers there has been a good and general demand; the refiners have also purchased freely, and the advices received from Demerara being of an un favourable character, buyers yesterday were compelled to pay an advance on previous rates of 6d to is ; at public sale on Tuesday 133 hogsheads Barbadoes and 282 hogsheads 19 tierces 14 barrels St. Lucia sold briskly, the former brought full prices, fine to fine 61s 6d to 675; the coloury de scriptions of the latter went rather dearer, whilst the lower kinds sold at previous rates, good to fine yellow went at 60s 6d to 64s 6d, mid to good mid grey 55s 6d to 595, low mid 53s 6d to Ms. 6d, good to fine brown 50s 6d to 535. The average price which will appear in this night's Gazette is 32s 5. 4 1 d, in 1837 405 7 7 1 d, and in 1836 368 6d per cwt. This afternoon there was a brisk demand for both brown and yellow descriptions from refiners as well as grocers, and a fur ther advance of 6d was obtained, making the rise this week is a is 6d, and 3,500 hhds, &c.;have been sold. REFINED.--For home consumption there has again been a good demand for Refined goods, particularly for ord descrip tions, and previous rates have been fully maintained. For shipping there has been nothing done, owing to the stiff prices required by the refiners, who ask 39s for double Crushed whilst the orders here are not above 35s a 365. Treacle has secured a good sale, and rather better prices have been ob tained. Pieces and good qualities of Bastards have sold to a fair extent at late rates, but ord sorts of the latter continue neglected. Dutch Crushed is not to be purchased under 33s per cwt. MAURITIUS.—This article continues to move with the above, and prices of middling and good sorts are now 3s to 4s, and brown to low and middling yellow about 2s higher than our quotations of 30th August last. On Tuesday 4,218 bags were put up at auction, nearly all of very superior colour and quality, imported in February last—prices generally above the valuations were offered, but not having had any parcel so good for some period it was difficult to fix any accurate worth : about 2,000 bags were disposed of at and immedi ately after the sale, from 58s 6d to 64s 6d ; the remain der have since been placed at buying in prices, and in some instances 6d above. Our present stock is 67,000 bags, being about 30,000 bags more than that of last year. This afternoon 3,000 bags at public sale were all sold at stiffer prices; good to fine yellow brought 59s to 635; low mid to good mid, 54s 6d to 58s 6d per cwt. EAST INDIA. —For export there has been a better demand for Manilla, and 4,000 bags have been sold by private contract at 22s for good brown. In Siam the operations have been trivial, but previous rates have been supported. Bengal is still wanted by the grocers, but the demand has been checked by the short supply at Market. This afternoon at auction 300 bags Bengal sold;at previous rates, low greyish white 62s to 645. FOREIGN.—White and yellow Havannab have been sought after, but the demand has been checked by the short supply at market, and the increasing demands of importers, and the transactions have been short by private contract. For Brazil there has been more inquiry, and full prices have been obtained for the few small parcels which have been sold. MOLASSES.—West India has been sought after, but the short supply at market and the increasing demands of the im porters have checked business; Antigua of fine quality has brought 30s. The stock is 2,857 casks heavier than at this period in 1837. The arrivals this year have exceeded those of last by nearly 5,000 casks. Tea. —The market continues dull for both Black and Green Tea. Holders have accepted last sale's prices for the few small breaks which have been sold this week. For Company's there is no inquiry, which may be attributed to the superior quality of the Tea offered at the last Quarterly Sale. COFFEE.—The middling and good descriptions of British Plantation have been sought after by the grocers at previous rates, but the demand has been checked by the limited quan • tity offered for sale, for ordinary to fine ord sorts there are at present 'not many buyers, but importers having supplied the market sparingly previous rates were supported; but un clean kinds have met with a dull sale at prices is under those of Friday last, at public sale 200 casks Jamaica, have been offered, a part only of which found buyers, the quality not being suitable to the wants of the trade, low mid 104 s, mid 105 s 6d a 107 s, fine 1255, fine to fine fine ord 983 6d d 100 s 6d, good ord 95s a 965, ord 77s a 81s, there has again been no arrival, and at present only 150 casks, &c, are declared for public sale next week ; the stock is now 382 casks, 3,142 brls and bags more than at this period last year, the arrival, from the Ist of January to the present time have been 700 casks less, but 2,642 brls and bags more than last year at this period. The transactions in East India descrip tions admissible for home consumption at the less rate of duty have again been limited ; the grocers purchasing only sufficient to supply their immediate wants, but they have been com pelled to pay 97s for good ord Ceylon, under which there are no sellers. The arrivals this year have been nearly 18,000 bags less than they were last ; the stock is now 22,693 bags less than last year at this period. The demand for Mocha continues limited for home consumption, for export there is no demand, and some of the holders being anxious to realize, prices at a public sale of 116 bales gave way is a 6s, fine yellow clean garbled sold at 107 s 6d, good to fine ord greenish 98s 6d a 103 s. Cocoa.—For British Plantation the demand is still limited by private contract, and none has been offered at auction, but at lower prices there are no sellers; Foreign is held firmly at 35s a 375. CHICORY.—At public sale 1,000 bags were taken in at 26s per cwt. RlCE.—.East India has been in brisk request by private treaty, principally for export to the West Indies ; and the supply continuing short, buyers have been compelled to pay the advanced prices of 17s 6d a 193 for low mid and white Bengal. FRUIT.—A public sale of 59 butts and 25 caroteels new Currants, damaged, took place on Tuesday, of which the fol lowing are the prices; Patras, 75s a 76s ; Zante, 70s a 71s ; and Cephalonia, 69s a 71s ; 50 barrels new Black Smyrna Raisins, 345; and 373 drums Red ditto, damaged, 359; old Zante Currants are still looked after, and 70s has again been paid, and there are buyers of old Patriot at 71s, but no sellers under 72s ; in new Patras there has been more doing at 755; other sorts continue to go off steafa y, at about former quotations. SPICES. — For Black Pepper previous prices hate been maintained. White c.:mtinues . in request, 16 bags mid at public sale brought is 6d ais 7d. Pimento, at public sale 34 bags ord were taken at 30. Cassia Lignea, mid quality false packed, 598. and mouldy 52s ; Cloves are more in de mand. Mace is held firmly. Nutmegs—lower prices have not been accepted. Cinnamon at advanced prices. East and West India Ginger have undergone no change in value. —Rum, BRANDY AND HOLLANDS.—For Jamaica Rum the rmand has improved, and 250 puns. have been sold at pre vious rates, 27 to 29 per cent. over proof have brought 4s 8d to 4s 9d, 30 to 32 over 4s 10d to 4s Ild, 33 to 35 over 5s to 54 Id. In Leewards the operations have been limited, but buyers have been compelled to pay rather higher prices ; 100 puns have been sold, proof to 4 per cent over at 3s 4d a 3s 6d, 6 to 8 over 3s 7d a 3s Bid, 10 to 12 over 3s 9d a 3s 10d, 14 to 16 over 3s lld a 4s. Brandy, previous rates for all descriptions: Geneva at 2s 4d a2s sd. INDIGO.—The advices received from Calcutta that the In digo crop was not likely to yield more than 80,000 to 85,000 maunds, has caused an advance on October prices of is for the general run, and is 3d for picked lots; but business to any extent has been prevented by the limited quantity offering for sale, several of the holders not being inched to sell at present. OlLS.—Sales of Cod have been made at 331 lOs a 34/; pale Seal 36/ lOs a 37/; 100 tuns Southern at public sale sold at 26/ a 281 10s low to fine quality; Sperm at late rates; in Linseed the price has fallen to 27s ; Rape at 41s for pale, and 39s for brown ; East India Cocoa Nut at the late advanced rates ; in Olive lower prices have not been accepted ; Palm 45s a 453 6d per cwt. TALLOW.—For P. Y. C. importers have obtained 58s a 58s 3d for small parcels of first quality. For delivery up to the end of the year, and for the three first months of 1839, some contracts have been entered into at 58s 3d a 58s 6d. TURPENTINE.--For Spirits advanced prices have again been obtained ; 64s has been paid for carboys, and 63a for puns. ! 11.1101. f 1,1,14 , -, 14. PRICE GI , BREAD. The highest price of Bread in the Metropolis is Nil, for the 41b. Loa good Bread may be had at 90, TRICE OF SEEDS.-Nor. :30. Per Cwt. . Per Quarter. New English tied Cloversos. 70s. SOs St. Foin 40s. 44a 4S, Old Ditto Ditto -s. --3. -s Rye Ora,: 284 30s. 34, New Foreign Ditto 465. 655. 70s. nicey Grass -s. 12s. 4Ss Old Ditto Ditto s. 40s. (1)s. Linseed, for feeding ...465. 50s. 50.. New White Clover sos. 03s. 70s. Ditto, for sewing -s. sfis. CO, 014 Ditto Ditto -s. 455. 00s Ditto, for crushing -s 40, c. 0.. Ne.c Trefoil. Ns 20s. 255. Canary -s Gas. F 5 . ,. Old Ditto -a. 163 Ole. Hemp -s, tit-i 4. VI, J•refolium lOs I Is. 13s. Per Bushel. Fugli3h Carraway -s. 423. 465. White Mustard .... .. 9s. (~.-'. 13s. (d. Foreign Ditto -s. 40s. 455. Brown Ditto 15.3 .1 ,d. 194. 0.1 Coriander --5 Ss. 10e 'fares 4s, 65 7s. US Rapeseed, Engi.. I - . line (per Last) 310.38. PRICES OF HOPS.-Nov 30. Farnham Packets (per cwt.) - Os. 81. Os. to 101. I . ls. East K..n, Pockets.-• 4' 10s. 51. 15:. to 8 , 8 . Ditto Bags 4' 4. 51 10:. to 7 10 . Mid Kent Pockets Ditto Bags ''% 10- , C 10. to 7 . 7s. Sussex 3 3 . :3: 15- to 4. 10 Yearlings '2l. Ills. 3/. 3s to 4/. 4 Old ()Ids PRICES OF POTATOES AT SPITA LFIELDS Ware 4)s. Od. to 555 Od. per ton. Middling 355. Od. to -s. Od. Chats Os Od. to 30s. Od. PRICES OF LEATHER. Per lb. d. to d. Per lb d. to 0. Crop Hides, 30 to 40114 eacji 11 13 Horse Hides, German lO 21 --111 59 50 60 dull Hides outts, Vitriol - ,50 tie *i7 .5 - English l4 26 70 10,1 - Voreign Foreign Hides lO 12 small 2O 21 Dressing Hides Shaved ... 12 15 Basils 6 11 Be,t Saddlers Hides ... ..... ,14 16 Bellies , 1 8 .__ Horse Hides, English • If rounded 2d. to 4d. per lb. more. PRICE OF OIL. tape Oil, brown, per ton, 394 os —lictioeo,4u . lOs.—Linseed Oil. 27 .1 s Linseed oil Cake at the Mill, ,I+loo , 14/. Os —Rape Cake, per tort, 6 les PRICE OF TALLOW, SOAP, &c per 1121 b. town Tallow 63s. fid. Yellow Soap Yellow Russia , White —s. Od. Curd —, , kii qoap Ditto —s Od. tiraves l6, th• Melting Stutl 50s. ed. mood Dregs Ditto Rough 32s ed. PRICE OF RAW FAT, per stone of 81h. Price of Tallow (as stated by the Tallow Melters) 3s. 7.,. PRICE OF CANDLES. The price of good Store Candles it the Retail Shops is as follows • Candies, per dozen, Ss 61 ; inferior, 7s. ti mouids,w, 61 Sixpence per dozen discount for cash. COAL M ARKE . .- Nov.:O. S. . , "ct ion d. 19 3 Walls End Lyons 9 17 0 Walls EMI Hetton 2b 3 Ver A dal r 's Baker's Main Burdon Bute's 'Canfield Moor 22 6 Carr's Hartley 2l 0 Garesiteld l9 0 Holywell Main Russell's High Main l9 3 cantield Moor, 24 22 9 Walls End Bell and Brown Walls Eno (lark and (2o 2o 6 Walls End Gostorth 2-1 0 Walls End Newmarcii tl 9 Walls End Re:rnont Walls End Braddyll's Hetton 25 0 Walls End Hetton ::•5 3 Walls End Lumley 23 9 Walls Eno Eambton .Jails End Atewan's Walls End Hartlepool 25 3 Dixon's Butterknowl. l9 6 Walls End Adelaide 24 Walls End Barrett 24 0 Walls End Clarence Tees Walls End Gordon 23 9 Walls End North Gordon Walls End Seymour Tees' 23 9 al End Tees 24 9 Walls End Nevin's Tanfleld 2O 0 Walls End Victoria Tees 24 0 Walls End West Tees 22 0 Walls End West Hetton 24 0 Blythe., IS 0 Howard's Netherton Main COUNTRY CORN MARKETS DURING-THE WEEK. Per Quarter. I Wheat. I Barley. I Oat: Ashburn. Basingstoke Bath Bridgewater —.— Bristol. Chesterfield flerby Doncaster Dorchester.,...,,., Gloucester fiungerford Leicester Newbury--. Romsey Shafte;bury-- Shepton Mallet.,., Sherborne 64 80 83 e 4 '7O 74 e;4 70 58 70 5S 72 66 '75 64 70 - 70 56 71 59 79 56 80 raunton Yarmouth —.— Yeovil --- 54 80 60 74 40 45 28 33 27 , 35 20 24 30 33 , 28 22 22 26 , 20 25, 28 32 16 20 • :30 34 20 28 30 31 ,24 28 32 39 15 28 30 21 30 36 20 2S 25 31 22 28 26 36 22 29 —3K 24 28 :36 19 28 30 34 29 27 30 05 28 32 20 25 26 34 21 26 - 29 18 30 33 28 :30 26 32 24 28 s. d. s. d. s. d. s, d. 46 4 9 3 0 41 1 CORN MARKET, ~feang.:: Yea~e.~ ~~ _ 72 78 50 55 35 43 3i • 48' 32 34. 34 38 44 50 44 46 36 42 35 38 42 4E ,-46 26 40 38 42 30 42 70 7c. 64 74 56 72 30 414 3S 40 - 41 40 46 38 44 38 48 37 40 Per Bushel. s. A, s.d.i l Shrewsbury 10 0 11 RI RMINGHA Wheat, 62 lb. Barley, imperial quarter Do. Grinding, 49 lb. Oats, 39 lb Old Beans, 66 lb.— ..... New ditto New White Boling Pease, Ditto Grey ditto 3 imp. bush. 36 40 24 36 40 48 s. (1. s. d. 00 00 Nov. 15 7s. 6d. to N Od. 28 6 43 0 40 5 0 30 4 6 16 6 18 (1 14 0 14 6 15 0 15 0 14 0 15 0 1. d. s d 00 00 FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. FRANCE. (From the French Papers of Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday.) The Moniteur contains the text of the treaty concluded, on the 9th of August last, between the Papal and French Go vernments, for the transmission of letters between their re spective States, and for the regulation of the packets appro priated to this service. According to this treaty the French Government is to transport Roman letters to and from France and French possessions, as well as various maritime States of Italy, Malta, Greece, and Turkey ;` the boats destined to this service being found and kept up by F'rance. Ordinary letters, sample letters, and money letters, or letters entered on the Post-office bills, as well as newspapers, periodicals, &c., printed in the languages of the respective countries, may be transmitted between the States of the two contracting Powers. Ordinary letters and sample letters may be post paid or not, at the option of the sender; money letters, or letters entered on the bills, must be paid all the way ; journals and periodicals must be paid to the limits of the respective States. Several minor regulations for the service, tariffs, &c. of the Post.offices are contained in the same treaty. The packets are to he con sidered as vessels of war, and may land passengers at Civite Vecchia. On Monday evening the Saxon Minister and the Baroness de Kceneritz, the Belgian Minister the Prince and Princess de Chimay, the Count and Countess de Bondy, M. Dupin, and General Darriule, had the holiour of being received by their Majesties. Yesterday General Durosnel had the honour of being received by the King, who transacted business with the Minister of the Interior. The complaint of which Marshal Lobau died was consider ably aggravated by the opening of an old wound, which caused au influx of blood into the region of the lungs, and hastened his decease. The following is a brief sketch of the Marshal's public life :—Count Lobau was born on the 21st of February, 1770, at Phalsburg, in the Meurthe, of an obscure family with out fortune, of the name of Mouton, and at the time of the Revolution was employed in a commercial house in his native town. He, however, soon left the counting-house, and entered the army, in which his talents and bravery soon made him distinguished. Every step he gained was earned by some act of valour ; and when, in 1804, at the camp of Boulogne, he was appointed to the com mand of the third regiment of the line, the whole army applauded the choice of Napoleon, who soon afterwards ap pointed him one of his Aides-de .Camp. He gained the rank of General of Brigade by his distinguished conduct during the campaign of 1805. The immediately following campaigns gave him new claims to the favour of Napoleon, and on the sth of October, 1807, he was promoted to the rank of General of Division. The campaign of 1809 brought his military re nown to its acme, and earned him the title of Count Lobau, when he defended the small isle of Lobau against the Aus trians, and brought his troops out of it across the Danube, gaining a complete victory over the enemy, The Em peror used to ray of him " Mon Mouton c'est un lion !" In the year 1812 he was appointed Aide-Major of the imperial Guard ; and in 1813 Commander-in-Chief of the first corps of thq grand army. On the ces sation of Lostilities ha returned to France, and on the Bth of January, 1814, was created a chevalier of Saint Louis. During the Hundred Days he resumed his post under the standard of Napoleon, was created a Member of the Cham ber of Peers, and was made Commandant of the first military division. In the campaign of 1815, Count Lobau was at the head of the sixth corps of the army of the North, and de feated the Prussians on June Bth ; but was taken prisoner at Waterloo, and sent over to England, where he learnt that the entrance into France was closed against him. In 1818 he was re-admitted into France, and, after a lapse of ten years, wee elected Deputy for the Meurthe, and took his scat on tt e op position benches. The part which he took, in the revolution of 1830 is too well 1- flown to need repet;.ejee, He was a mem bar of the c;bmmittee at the Hotel, de Ville, and on the resig nat;.oil of Gen. Lafayette, in 1811, was appointed Command ant of the National Guards of Peria and the Banlieue. On The 80th July, in the same year, he received his baton as Marshal of France, He lived and died universally respected. " The destiny of the children of the adopted son of the Em peror Napoleon," says the Commerce, is worthy of remark." One of the sons of Prince Eugene Beauharnais became the consort of Donna Maria, Queen of Portugal, and the other is on the point of being married to a daughter of the Emperor of Russia ; one of the daughters is the widow of the Emperor of Brazil, and the other is the wife of the heir to the throne of Sweden." The National Guard of the city of Metz has been di solved by royal ordonnance, issued on Monday last. The Memorial Bordelais says that in the autograph letter of the Queen Regent of Spain to the King of the French, on the subject of the intervention of France, an intimation has been given that, in case of an interventio n taking place, an advantage may result to the Rol alt.) of 1830, from the possi bility of a future union with a Princ:, of the House of Orleans, by which a son of France might be placed on the Spanish Constitutional Throne, as under the reign of Louis XIV. It is to be proeusaed," says the Memorial, " that these diplomatic communications will he followed by no result till after the meeting of the Chambers ; and we cannot suppose that the French Government will consent to the intervention cl, m ;tided, as the Chamber of Deputies was formally opposed to it two ye ar s ago , en d ma y be supposed still hostile to it le the interest of France." A Bayonne journal states that a new contract has been en tered into by some commercial houses at Bayonne, fora supply of clothing to the troops of Don Carlos. The contract was concluded at Tolosa. The Sentinelle des Pyrenees mentions a daring act of 43 mounted Carlists, who arrived on the 13th instant in a village called Quijorna, within five leagues and a half of Madrid, dis armed the National Guards, pillaged several houses, mal treated some women, and carried off the Alcade (from whom they demanded a ransom of 10,000 reals), a C o l one l , another o fficer, and some persons from Avila. Maroto was at Aburaza with eight battalions, and, in advancing upon Navarre, his in tention was said to have been to join Garcia's corps at Ma iieru, and afterwards to march upon the Carrascal. Both corps mustered an effective force of twelve battalions. Basilic., tlar! cern° oth.r f , . W!'rfs Drin (7'3r! , u; ci tut. JcsuiLl (_;oliege at Loy°ld, bad succeeded the capuchin friar Ignacio Larraga as the Prince's confessor, and this change is said to have led to the dismissal of the present Carlist Ministry, who are to be replaced by the monks Cyrille, Erro, and Ramirez de la Pizina. A Christine sergeant, at the head of two picked companies, had recently advanced a league and a half from St. Sebastian into the in terior, where he surrounded a party of Chapelchurris. killing eleven of them, taking twenty-two prisoners, two officers in' eluded, and subsequently marching his party back without loss. The Carlist prisoners were afterwards plentifully supplied With rations at St. Sebastian. The negotiations between the Austrian and Turkish Go vernments for the formation of the canal which is to re-open partly one of the ancient mouths of the Danube, and partly t° make a new channel, are stated in the Franconian Nero' ll to be going on with activity. Austria undertakes the Wen' tion of this important work, which is to commence below Rassowa, on the Danube, close to Csernavoda and wi ll proceed thence in a straight line to Lake Lorazo, tit' mately into the Black Sea at Kustendji, where a port is t° established. The expense of the works will be, no doubt , immense, but the corresponding advantages will be great. T he d distance of the navigation to the Black Sea will be shorten° 70 or 80 German miles, and the existence of the canal, bined with the new Austro- English commercial treaty, operate a great change in the trade of the Danube. of The opening of the lectures of M. Lerminier, Professor ie the History of Comparative Legislation at the College ~o France, gave rise yesterday to a scene of great disorder. I ,P O hall was filled long before the arrival of the Professor, wu immediately on his appearance was received with unaniogn i hisses, which were continued with such constancy and fora' that M. Lerminier's voice was completely drowned ; and not withstanding that he persevered for a quarter of an hour, " a litt.ll was ultimately forced to quit the chair. The Moniteur of Wednesday removes by the following P" ragraph all the fears to which the resolve of the Governmel to instal M. Lerminie r by f orce at t h e C o ll ege of F rance b given rise on Tuesday : " An order of the Mini s te r o f P u bli c I nstruct i on, dad this 27th of November, 1838, suspends provisionally the lec* tures of M. Lerminier at the College of France." The Courrier Francais states that the Minister of the MI rine has transmitted to the Mariti me P re f ect of Rochefort It' order to fit out three vessels, with provisions for six mont4 sl . Their destination is at prtsent a mystery; and th e o ffice° who are to take command of them, are awaiting their I °- structions. FRENCH FUNDS. —Etats, NOTZMBInt 29. Five per Cents., 11Cf. 21k. 15c. 23c. Four per Cents., 10if. fhree per Cents., 811 60c. 65c. 60c. Bank Actions, 2,730 f. ftente oe Naples, 101 f. 85c. Roman. Five per Cents., 101 . Spanish Actives, 17%44. Belgian Five per Cents., 102 M. MECHAM:IR ON LONDON. One month, paper, 25f. 3254 c. ; money, 25f Three months, paper, 25f. ; m°r,e Y . 25 t. 2 0 c . LATEST PRICES. Five per Cents. 110 f. 20c. Four per Cent. 1040 Three per Cents. 81f. 60c, Rank Actions, 2,730 f. Romans, 101%. Spanish Actives, 1734. EGYPT. , It Extract of a letter from Alexandria, dated Noveyebe, r ' quoted by the Debuts :—" The Viceroy has taken his dept, ture for Senaar, accompanied by Gaetani Bey, his - phYsi_ i el . ti i , and M. Cossizza, the Greek Consul-General. 0 a nelm; er e the second cataract of the Nile the steamer in which they " o il got fixed on a bank of mud. 'Mehemet would nut wait u e be it could be got off, but proceeded in the only two buats of `_„ ( 1 river which could be found, and which, f.rom being old 'lie leaky, threatened every moment to gr, to the bottom. o f even chose the worst of the two for himself, saying t here re , nothing to fear, and thus showing that in his old age bed tains his wonted courage and perseverance. The steamer tr a got off, and overt oo k hi m i n t h ree days. The Pa cha eslie",ba to reach the mines he wished to visit in 25 days. Before departure Mehemet Ali held a Divan, at which it is said t o e the execution of th e pl ans f or making dams on, the Nile 111 deferred for the want of both labourers ar,d money. o the same assembly the projected railroad from Ceifroti Suez was tak en i n t o cons i deration ; but it cannot, frotti,,,, above cause', be commenced at present. The question AI brought into discussion on account of the known intentioner the East India Company to apply to the Viceroy fox his !re mission to und erta k e t h e work, but which he feels he'll:l°6'AV fuse. It is s a id t h at t h e Di van came to the unanimous tion that a canal shall be substituted for the projected ; I A & road, and that thi s s h a ll b e commenced as soon as PG's s ' e to Several ships o f t h e li ne h ave been dismasted, mad 81. undergo repairs. A fl ot ill a , composed. of frigates, sktor'reri brigs, has been sent to Candia to repress the spirit of laser o rl tion which ha s s h own i tse lf i n the island, butbich c ars appear to have been very serious. A new sloop of wax, g tined for Said Bey, has been launched at Alexandria. tf Mongel, th e F renc h eng i neer, engaged by the Gove rnroePoo, construct the careening dock, arrived on the sth. The b e vernment continu es t o pay i ts civil officers, and the ar ll3l d tJ lately received a year's pay; so that all arrears are reduce two or three months, The letters from Cairo, published in the Smyrna j . relate the following singular and-tragical story of Egypt, it is said, was, on the evening of sheath Se 1t• , y his Court i n th e gardens ,of his Palace a t Choutsra, Oil Zs hanks of th e N i l e. when a pilgrim suddenly appeared b e , l bt him, and h an d e d to hi m a letter, with the contents of which _, J I was appare n tly unacqua i nted. No sooner had the Paella'? the missive than he is said to have struck it aside with ,/ sabre, at the same time sating to the pilgrim, in a tdifif the deepest emotion, " What more do you wish—wb& you ask ?' The pilgrim, alarmed at this extraor reception, was retreating in the utmost haste and cons, when the Pacha ordered him to be immediately beb c)1 1 The attendants were about to obey, when Mehern et ar changed th e nature of his victim's punishment, ant 1)101 grim was by his second order precipitated into the Niie, io a heavy stone about his neck. Abbas Pacha afteracera v i terceded fur the life of the unfortunate man, but t oo 5011 After this execution the Pacha put the fatal letter in his P°' and, its co n t ents rema i ne d an impenetrable mystery. lecture, h owever , was b usy on the subject, and the; more!. )r .4 for four o r fi ve years, the Pacha had not given orders capital execution. Some supposed that the leta er peedielo.ll fatal r esu l t to t h e P acha ' s contemplated gran/l excursion' OP!, according t o th e vers i on o f the Smyrna Jot trnal, the 13,1e1,0' had acquainted some ot h er p i lgrims who had travelled hot° him th at th e m i ss i ve contained an energetic protest , 011, the p o p u l a ti ons o f t h e Hedjaz against IVlehemet's ing lltl lv l ambition, and threatened him with a terrible retaliatiod he persisted in being the scourge of that country and ° si 4 ' into which he had marched his armies, such as the ell the Kordofan, Syria, &c. The Egyptian police w erc hc er the look out for the propagators of these reports, wb°' ogi o f ever, are supp ose d to have prudently quitted the c°, o on hearing o f t h e P ac h a ' s exasperation, and the nolrof Cairo were afraid t o open t h e i r l i ps on the subject, tf the dread o f a p un i s h ment s i m i lar to that inflicted ela °- , fated Lettets from B e y rout , i n Syr i a, of the 30th, say that r e English Consul at th at pl ace h as b een grossly insulte d commander and crew of an Egyptian vessel of war. _-/1 LADLE -----------A iN;. fr fi, ', .S' FINE GOLD NECK-CH"• bof A. B. SAVORY an d SONS , Goldsmiths, lslo. 9, Cor i • B tl,m London (opposite the Bank of England), offe , .. a large Isr ( t - eel Ladies' Fine Gold Neck. Ch a i ns , o f the matted, ring, a n ' eor patterns, a yard and a quarter long, at the fo l :towing prices, 34 0 mg to the w e i g ht : : 9 fj ° The weight of 3 sovereigns... £4 4 0 The we:4N of 7 sovereigns 9 9 0 The weight of 4 sovereigns... 5 5 0 The 'weight of 8 sovereigns It , to, 0 The weight of 5 sovereigns... 6 6 0 Tb.e weight of 9 sovereigns 1 1 140 The weight of 6 sovereigns... 7 7 0 The most elegant spangled, st ar, and fancy link patterns , as' 1 '';'he weight of 10 sovereigns ~ ; Guineas more than their respective weights. ...........$ A. B. SAVORY and "SONS, No. 9, Cornhill, Lond an " / H ti,,J HORIZONTAL F LAT WAT C — with accurately fi n i s h ed jewelled movements, warranted, are ° iii fe r d in Silver cases, pr i ce Five Guineas each ; or in Gold non-o'i' Nine Guinea s eac h, at T. COX SAVORY'S, W atc h ma ker, y o" , ft o. 4 ler, and Silversmith 47, Cornhill, London (Seven Doors P, Gracechurch-streeA), N. B. e. / _____—,........ o --c .,econd-hand Watche s p urc h ase d i n exchang B IR THS. A Ve ° On the 26th ult., at Norman-cross, Hants, the lady of J tiers, Esq., of a dau g ht er . o , On the 27th ult., at St. Leonard's, the lady of John Esq., of a daughte r . C On the 27th ult., i n U pper Stamford-street, M rs . C. of a daughter. f; r3t At Kingston-upon-Thames, on the 28th ult., Mrs. Bent D ley, of a dau g ht er . On the 28th ult., at P ol i ng, near Arundel, the lady of ti ite e Charles Kinleside, of a daughter. On the 29th ult., in Wimpole-street, the lady of Charles Moore, Esq., of a daughter. f 0 4° On the 28th u lt. , at N ewcastle-upon-Tyne, the lady °- Frederick Berkeley St. John, of a son. MARRIED On the 27':0 ult.. at West Ham, Essex, John ManninS ' Gli r of Harpool,e, Northamptonshire, t o Jane, daughter of Thol,3' ° tis, 4 s Es:4., of West Ham, Essex. I,' c .in the 28th ult., at St. George-the-M ar t yr , Queen- , r Edgar Williams Yarrow, to Esther Lindo, o f B ury - co urt. 1 h e o f On the 29th ult.. at Winchester, John Griffith, Esq• v 9 . B C„,, Majesty's Ordnance, London, and son o f J o h n Griffith, . Yfr' ter. Durham, to Hannah, daughter of th e l a t e Willi am Nevill 6 jico of Easton, Hants, and sister of Captain Nevill, R.N., Whi t ----- , .2 :2 : 2so t et4ff h hnteh: u u-o l I t hitu .. o , l:: .Elizabeth,rsee,a. sLouisa,toeDorking,,ien_ytDsootntuir henieguotlwe: Devonshire. wife tryor .ef y - 3., _„., Jo, u, VA ' ward the Hope nin l n l 7T o t t tsh i h pl .e l e e 0 t . On the , er of the I!"V' s4l' lean, Esq., -oc' H' li tr )otfh theul t .p, Pension o C , :a 6 vt ffi n c n e : T place,Kensington,ov,drshhulilhe.t' Willis On the 27th ult., at kennizgton-common, William - ' I Esq., aged 75. lJr7ohEndnlSuanndder: ,7 On the 28th ult., at Lewisham, aged 17, Millicent , g! c e ° e n t i, daughter of the late Mr. Christopher Stoakes, of Fenchurch - . 5 ‘: t he On th e 28tH u l t., at Park-place, Maida-hill, Aura Marr a wife of Miles Charles Seton, Esq. a a d' On the 28th ult., in Upper George-street, Mrs. Isabel ! well, aged 80. Sesl ell ' On te 28th ult., at Dalston, Mr. Christopher Watso n of Lombard -street, aged 35. Allen On the 28th ult., Douglas, youngest son of Mr., George Aylwin, Finsbury-square. , s e lseo" . On the 29th ult., Jane, the wife of Mr. Collins, 0, square, Blackfriars-road, solicitor. ___.—.......!-"---".7**** London: Printed and Published by NI URDO I:OUNCIP otti . 112, Strand, at The Sun Office, No. 112 Strand, is ale °° of Middlesex.—Saturday, December 1, P.M